https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79852
Bug ID: 79852 Summary: diagnostics should not end with exclamation mark Product: gcc Version: 7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: roland.illig at gmx dot de Target Milestone: --- from fortran/decl.c: gfc_error ("%qs at %C is already defined as FINAL procedure!", name); Having a few diagnostics end with an exclamation mark makes them stick out although they are nothing special. All diagnostics in all files (not only Fortran) should not end with punctuation (except for the occasional "did you mean %qs?").